College Sports

A pair of Beckhams made a splash today in the first round of the Major League Baseball draft, while Stephens County's Ethan Martin was taken 15th. Meanwhile other area prospects wait to see if they will get a call from a Major League team.

Big East conference commissioner Mike Tranghese will leave his job next year.

University of Georgia senior pitcher Joshua Fields was named the 2008 National Stopper of the Year by the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association on Wednesday.

Georgia defensive end Jeremy Lomax has been arrested on charges of carrying a concealed weapon and speeding.

Wake Forest announced Tuesday that the football season opener at Baylor would be Aug. 28 at 8 p.m. and televised by Fox Sports Net.

The Gators will host Hawaii at 12:30 p.m. on Aug. 30, about six hours sooner than Florida typically kicks off the season in sweltering summer heat.

The Atlantic Coast Conference announced kickoff times Tuesday for the first three of Clemson's 12 games.

Georgia's Southeastern Conference opener against South Carolina in Columbia, S.C., will be televised by CBS. Kickoff is set for 3:30.

After ripping off four straight NCAA tournament victories, including Monday's 18-6 Regional-clinching win over Georgia Tech at Foley Field in Athens, the Georgia Bulldogs are now preparing to play host to N.C. State in a Super Regional.

On Saturday, Georgia was just three innings away from getting swept from the NCAA baseball tournament. Now the Bulldogs - thanks to four straight wins, including Monday's 18-6 destruction of rival Georgia Tech - are storming into the next round.